MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
regarding open
education resources
(OER) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
improvements in
distance learning are making it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take courses via the Internet.
MOOCs are
free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
online learning institutions
have to deal with
today because e-learning technology is
improving so fast.
How can we
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can students
guarantee that
teachers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
institutions like
Myanmar (Burma) to conduct these massively open online courses?
What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today?
How can we
manage
inadequate
student motivation and high
student attrition?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
desire
to grasp how
MOOCs are being conducted.
Scientists
and lots of other
participants
desire
to better understand
these
new open education
ventures.
Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses.
Lecturers want
to know how
these massively open online courses
can be enhanced.
To handle this
demand for
data
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This intriguing new book
also discusses the
controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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